The family of former ruler Ferdinand Marcos...

MARCOS PLEA.

May 4, 1988

MANILA, PHILIPPINES — MARCOS PLEA. The family of former ruler Ferdinand Marcos is pleading with President Corazon Aquino to permit him to return from exile in Hawaii to see his dying mother before she ''gasps her last breath.'' Aquino said she would consult with her Cabinet's ''crisis committee'' today before making a decision. Marcos' 95-year-old mother, Josefa, was hospitalized Monday night with a high fever. ''My dying wish, the one thing that will put a smile upon my lips when I leave this world, is to see my Ferdinand by my bedside,'' she said in a letter to Aquino.